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Jadwiga Szczawińska-Dawidowa
Polish educator, writer, and feminist (1864–1910) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jadwiga Szczawińska-Dawidowa (6 October 1864 – 26 February 1910) was a Polish teacher, school founder, writer and women's rights activist. She founded the underground Flying University to provide women with higher education and was the initiator of the efforts to found the Warsaw Public Library. Along with her husband, she founded cultural and educational periodicals and served as both a columnist and editor for the journals until her death.
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![]() Szczawińska circa 1878, by Jan Mieczkowski [pl] | |
Born | Jadwiga Maria Szczawińska (1864-10-06)6 October 1864 |
Died | 26 February 1910(1910-02-26) (aged 45) Rokosz near Góra Kalwaria, Congress Poland |
Nationality | Polish |
Other names | Jadwiga Szczawińska |
Occupation(s) | Educator, women's rights activist |
Years active | 1880–1910 |
Relatives | Gustaw Stefan Szczawiński [pl] (brother) Wanda Szczawińska (sister) |
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